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5 unusual facts about Siliguri


2007 South Asian floods

In North Bengal, the floods have caused economic damage also estimated in the millions of U.S. dollars (at least Rs. 500 million); and in Siliguri, flash floods have wiped away at least 100 houses on a single night (28 July 2007).

Chirodini Tumi Je Amar

Krishna (Rahul Banerjee) is a diligent scooter mechanic in Siliguri and life goes on smoothly for him until the rich schoolgirl Pallavi (Priyanka Sarkar) sets her eyes on him.

Deepak Kapoor

On promotion to Lieutenant General, he commanded 33 Corps at Siliguri, West Bengal.

Quinton Jacobs

On 15 March 2012 he scored a brace which helped his side win 3-2 against Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. in Siliguri.

Salugara Monastery

The Great International Tashi Gomang Stupa, 6 km from Siliguri, West Bengal, India, includes a one hundred foot stupa built by Kalu Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama.


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Madarihat

North Bengal State Transport Corporation buses, Bhutan Government buses, minibuses are available from Siliguri to Alipurduar via Madarihat.

Sailendra Nath Roy

Again in September 2012 he pulled a Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive with his ponytail in north Bengal for 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) in the town of Siliguri, West Bengal.


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